sieve
sieve
subs.
Ar. and P. κόσκῐνον, τό.
subs.
Ar. and P. κόσκῐνον, τό.
SIEVE
cribrum. ☞ Colum = colander strainer. A fine sieve cribrum tenue: a very fine sieve cribrum angustissimum et tantum transmittens (Plin.).
cribrum. ☞ Colum = colander strainer. A fine sieve cribrum tenue: a very fine sieve cribrum angustissimum et tantum transmittens (Plin.).
sieve (subs.): crībrum: you must pass (the cheese) through a s., per c. facito transeat, Cato, R. R. 76: a fine s., c. tenue, cf. Plin. 18, 11, 27: also, c. arctum, angustum, id.: or, c. subtile (v. FINE ): to pour water into a s. (Prov.), imbrem [aquam] in c. gerere, Pl. Ps. 1, 1, 100. Dimin.: cribellum (a small s.), Pall.: a s.-maker, cribrarius, Gloss.
sieve (v.): v. SIFT . (See also SIEVE , subs.)